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* The JTS Topology Suite is a collection of Java classes that
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* implement the fundamental operations required to validate a given
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* geo-spatial data set to a known topological specification.
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* Copyright (C) 2001 Vivid Solutions
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* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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* License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
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* version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
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* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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* Lesser General Public License for more details.
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
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* For more information, contact:
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* 2328 Government Street
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* www.vividsolutions.com
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package com.vividsolutions.jts.index.strtree;
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* A spatial object in an AbstractSTRtree.
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public interface Boundable {
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* Returns a representation of space that encloses this Boundable, preferably
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* not much bigger than this Boundable's boundary yet fast to test for intersection
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* with the bounds of other Boundables. The class of object returned depends
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* on the subclass of AbstractSTRtree.
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* @return an Envelope (for STRtrees), an Interval (for SIRtrees), or other object
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* (for other subclasses of AbstractSTRtree)
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* @see AbstractSTRtree.IntersectsOp
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public Object getBounds();